The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-10-13

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is getting to be one of the best of the So
cieties.
TUEsDAY.-Tonight the meeting to
take action regarding the Agricultural
Implement Works. The people of Jack
son should take hold of this matter in
earnest, and secure this factory while
there is a chance. 1t will not go long
looking for place. John Motz has
moved his barber-shop into the Boggess
building. DR.. Wallace is also putting his
Dental Office into that building.
At the last examination of teachers
there were five applicants, four of whom
received certificates. as follows:
For two years, Lizzie Stevenson and
Jno. E. Spriggs.
For one year, James r. Watts and
David r. Williams.
The following questions were used:
SPELLING.
Currency, antique, witticism, juiciness,
purchasable sedentary, gossiping, admis-
sible, demurrer, palatable, arrogant,
impanel, f1agitious, pleurisy, oddity,
reminiscence, incision, elision, putrefy,
reversible.
| HISTORY.
1. Give an account of the discovery of
America. Why called America?
2. Name the four Icelandic discoverers
of America. What part of the country
did they name Vineland?
8. What nations claimed America by
right of discovery? What names were
given to the parts each claimed?
4. What form of religion first prevailed
in the colony of Maryland? Who founded
Georgia?
5. Who wrote the Declaration of Inde-
pendence? Who criticised it after it was
written? How was the Union flag
changed during the year 1777?
6. What is the Constitution? How
amended? What party opposed its adop-
tion?
Z. What is meant by the era of good
feeling? What was black Friday?
s. Write ten lines on the Civil war.
8. Over what district does Congress exer-
else exclusive legislation? What is the |
writ of h0beds co1pus2 What is an ec
post tfacto law?
10. What can pou say of the Ku Klux
Klan? The Moonshiners? The Cow
Boys?
GEOGRAPHY.
1. On what part of the Globe is the
point having zero latitude and zero
2. How can you determine by the map
the position and direction of a water
shed?
3. Name the principal spices and tell
where they grow.
4 What is the largest fresh water lake
on the globe? The largest inland sea?
What is an inland sea? A border sea?
5. Locate the Great Barrier Reef. What
are dikes, and for what used?
6. Give an account of the National
Park.
7. What can you tell Of the Dry Tortu-
gas? OF the Maelstrom? Of the Eclip-
tic? The Equinoxes? The Solstices?
s. Locate the Staked Plain. Why so
called?
8. What countries constitute the Le-
want? What is meant by the Oriental
countries? The Occidental countries?
10. What can you say of Mauna Loa?
Of Pitcairn's Island? Of Liberia? Of
'The Ship of the Desert?"
ARITHMETIC
1. Three men walk around a circular
island, the circumference of which is $50
miles,. A walks Is miles day, B IS miles
4 day, and c "a miles day. If they start
together and walk in the same direction,
low many days will elapse before they
will be together again?
2. A grain speculator bought 10000
bushels of barley, at IS cents per bushel
cash. He sold it the same day at an ad-
vance of per cent, receiving in payment
4 note due in 1 NO., which he had dis
counted at bank at per cent. What ]
was his gain in cash?
8. Mr.. A gets discount of 80 per cent ]
rom the retail or list price of goods. Mr..
gets discount of 80 per cent also, and
per cent off for cash. If both sell goods c
It the list price, what is each ones gain
Der cent? :
4. A person being asked the time of t
lay, replied that it was past noon, and
hat q of the time past noon was equal
~ o-O VI GuO GiulO W w udO w dS
he time.
5. A party of hire a coach. If there
lad been more the expense would have P
,een reduced 81 for each person. How 5
much was paid for the coach?
6. A farmer had his sheep in three
ields. q of the number in the first field n
vas equal to q of the number in the Sec
md field, and q of the number in the Sec
md field was equal to q of the number q
n the third field. If the entire number
vas 434, how many were there in each
eld?
7. A and B invested equal sums in bus
ness. A gained sum equal to 25 per o
ent of his stock, and B lost 1925. AS .
money at this time was double that of BIS. E
What amount did each invest? =
s. What is number in Arithmetic? s
What is money? Define specie. Paper v
money. Weight. C
9. AnalyZe.-If 15 men, working 10 hrs. S
day, can do a certain piece of work in IS a
ays, how many days will it require for 13 t
nen to do the same work, by working s n
rs. day? .
10. A man owns so acres of land in two t
quare fields, one of which contains 4 t
lines as much area as the other. How b
nany rods of fence will be needed to il
ence both fields if they are not adjacent? t